Tasmania
The eighth album from the Australian psych-rockers is their most melodically realized of their career. The strains of pop offer a lovely imprint of a band in a constant state of flux.
Those Tame Impala comparisons should be finally washed away by this campy collection of psych-rock belters.
Pond are a band with an unusual balance of form and content; as their music becomes more polished and carefully crafted, their philosophies lean toward being a little more bent, and this pattern can be clearly observed on 2019's Tasmania.
An unpredictable and exciting record flowing with psychedelia and funk-driven basslines, Tasmania is a true reflection of what makes Pond so great.
The prolific Australians return with a new album that goes beyond psych and winks to pop and glam"It's spring, I'm a cherry blossom sprout" is the line opening this album, in a dreamy Lana Del Rey on Peyote vibe, before Pond U-turn into Empire of The Sun and kick off the party with ‘Daisy’.
On "The Boys are Killing Me," one of the centerpieces of POND's groove heavy psych-pop opus Tasmania, frontman Nick Allbrook sings "So we staggered off into the night/Drunk, but overjoyed just to be employed."